Table 3 Overall decomposition of men-women gap in major depression among older adults in India, the Longitudinal Aging Study in India, 2017–2019.

From: Depression by gender and associated factors among older adults in India: implications for age-friendly policies

Component

Men-Women gap in depression among older adults

Coefficient

95% CI

p value

Percent

Explained difference (E)

0.01109

(0.00521, 0.01697)

 < 0.001

80.8

Unexplained difference (C)

0.00264

(− 0.00514, 0.01042)

0.506

19.2

Raw difference (R)

0.01373

(0.00825, 0.01920)

< 0.001

100.0

  1. CI Confidence Interval.
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